Samuel HAYS

(1783-1868)

HAYS, Samuel, a
Representative from Pennsylvania; born in County Donegal, Ireland,
September 10, 1783; immigrated to the United States with his
mother, who settled in Franklin, Venango County, Pa., in 1792;
treasurer of Venango County in 1808; elected sheriff of Venango
County in 1808, 1820, 1829, and in 1833; member of the State house
of representatives in 1813, 1816; 1823, and 1825; served in the
State senate in 1822 and 1839; member of the board of trustees of
Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa., 1837-1861; served as brigadier
general, commanding the First Brigade, Seventeenth Division,
Pennsylvania State Militia, 1841-1843; elected as a Democrat to the
Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1844; engaged in iron manufactures,
operating furnaces on French Creek, near Franklin; appointed in
1847 marshal for the western district of Pennsylvania; associate
judge of the district court in 1856; died in Franklin, Pa., July 1,
1868; interment in Old Town Cemetery, reinterment in New Franklin
Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present